The application relates to the technical field of
wastewater treatment, and discloses a method for rapidly degrading
phenol by using iron in
phenol-containing
wastewater, wherein safe and nontoxic
cysteine is selected as a reaction initiator, and meanwhile, reduction and complexation are realized, so that the reaction is rapidly started, and the
pH range of a traditional
Fenton reaction is widened; Cu 2+ is selected as a reaction
intensifier, Fe 3+ / Fe 2+ circulation is accelerated,
phenol is rapidly degraded, and the degradation of other organic pollutants is synergistically improved; without preparing and adding complex and high-cost iron-containing activators, a small amount of iron contained in the
wastewater is used as a Fe 2+ source, and recycling is formed in the
system, so that the
pollutant removal speed is greatly improved, and the generation of iron
sludge is reduced. The technology has the advantages of being green, efficient, simple to operate and low in cost.